Blue Jays vs. Cardinals odds, tips and betting trends

The St. Louis Cardinals (0-1) and Toronto Blue Jays (1-0) will battle on Saturday at Busch Stadium, starting at 2:15 PM ET.

The Blue Jays are favored (-133 moneyline odds) when they visit the Cardinals (+113). The Blue Jays will give the ball to Kevin Gausman against the Cardinals and Jack Flaherty.

Saturday, the Blue Jays picked up a 10-9 win over the Cardinals, with Yimi Garcia (1.0 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 K) registering the win for the Blue Jays. George Springer went 5-for-6 with an RBI to lead the offensive showing. Ryan Helsley (1.0 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 K) picked up the loss for the Cardinals.

Get ready for the Blue Jays vs. Cardinals with what you need to know ahead of Saturday’s game, including viewing options.

Toronto Blue Jays vs. St. Louis Cardinals Odds and Betting Lines

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• Favorite: Blue Jays (-133, bet $133 to win $100)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+113, bet $100 to win $113)
• Over/under: 7.5

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Blue Jays Stats and Trends

Blue Jays Betting Records

• The Blue Jays entered a game as favorites 133 times last season and won 78, or 58.6%, of those games.
• Toronto had a record of 59-38, a 60.8% win rate, when it was favored by -133 or more by oddsmakers last season.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Blue Jays have a 57.1% chance to win.
• Toronto and its opponents hit the over in 84 of 162 games with a total last season.
• The Blue Jays had an ATS record of 74-88-0 in 162 games with a spread last season.

Kevin Gausman (Blue Jays Probable Starter)

• Gausman makes his first start of the season for the Blue Jays.
• When he last appeared on Saturday, Oct. 8, the 32-year-old righty started the game and went 5 2/3 innings against the Seattle Mariners.
• Last season he finished with a 3.35 ERA and a 1.237 WHIP over his 31 games, compiling a 12-10 record.
• He ranked 25th in ERA (3.35), 36th in WHIP (1.237), and seventh in K/9 (10.6) among qualified pitchers in the majors last season.

Blue Jays Batting Stats

• The Blue Jays ranked seventh in Major League Baseball with 200 home runs.
• Fueled by 518 extra-base hits, Toronto ranked third in MLB with a .431 slugging percentage last season.
• No team had a better batting average than the .263 AVG the Blue Jays posted last season.
• With 775 runs scored last year, Toronto ranked No. 4 in all of baseball.
• Ranking third with an OBP of .329, the Blue Jays were among the best teams in baseball at reaching base.
• Toronto showed patience at the plate last season with the sixth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.7) among MLB offenses.

Cardinals Stats and Trends

Cardinals Betting Records

• The Cardinals came away with 28 wins in the 65 contests they were listed as the underdogs in last season.
• Last season, St. Louis came away with a win 12 times in 38 chances when named as an underdog of at least +113 or longer on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Cardinals have a 46.9% chance of walking away with the win.
• St. Louis and its opponents hit the over in 78 of its 164 games with a total last season.
• The Cardinals went 86-78-0 against the spread in their 164 games that had a posted line last season.

Jack Flaherty (Cardinals Probable Starter)

• Flaherty gets the call to start for the Cardinals, his first of the season.
• The 27-year-old righty came out of the bullpen and threw one scoreless inning when he last appeared Tuesday, Oct. 4 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• Last season he finished with a 4.00 ERA and a 1.583 WHIP over his nine games, putting together a 2-1 record.

Cardinals Batting Stats

• The Cardinals ranked ninth-best in MLB play last season with 197 total home runs.
• Last year St. Louis’ .420 slugging percentage ranked seventh-best in MLB.
• The second-best batting average in the majors last year was the Cardinals’ .252 mark.
• Last season St. Louis was the fifth-highest scoring team in MLB play, averaging 4.8 runs per game (772 total).
• A year ago the Cardinals’ .325 on-base percentage ranked fourth-best in the majors.
• St. Louis’ batters struck out 7.6 times per game, the fifth-lowest average in baseball.

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• Game Day: Saturday, April 1, 2023
• Game Time: 2:15 PM ET
• Stadium: Busch Stadium
• TV Channel: MLB.tv
• Live Stream: fuboTV (Watch for free)